ESP-IDF : ESP32 as SoftAP

We have connected to existing network using ESP32, we have sent messages to a TCP server running on different machine in our network. Now it is time for making ESP32 to create it’s own network. ESP32 has something called SoftAP mode, in which it can create WiFi network and can accept upto 4 clients. In this post we will learn how to put ESP32 in SoftAP mode and list the devices connected to our network (SoftAP mode also allows connected clients to communicate with each other)